1. Volume 94, Issue 6, Pages 1132-1141.e4 (June 2017)
Molecular Mechanism of MDGA1: Regulation of Neuroligin 2:Neurexin Trans-synaptic Bridges 
Shanti Pal Gangwar, Xiaoying Zhong, Suchithra Seshadrinathan, Hui Chen, Mischa Machius, Gabby Rudenko 
Neuron 
Volume 94, Issue 6, Pages e4 (June 2017)
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2. Figure 1
MDGA1 and NLGN2
(A) Domain structure of MDGA1 and NLGN2. Signal peptide, SP; immunoglobulin domain, Ig; fibronectin type III domain, FN-III; “meprin, A-5 protein, and receptor protein-tyrosine phosphatase μ” domain, MAM); transmembrane segment, TM. The NLGN2 site A insert is indicated.
(B) MDGA1 extracellular domain as shown by size exclusion chromatography (left) and SDS-PAGE (right).
(C) NLGN2 extracellular domain as shown by size exclusion chromatography (left) and SDS-PAGE (right).
(D) Domain structure of the MDGA1 fragments.
(E) Representative FP-binding assays showing the interaction between the NLGN2 ectodomain and TAMRA-labeled MDGA1 fragments. Data points are in triplicate, and error bars indicate the SD.
(F) Calculated KD values averaged over two independent experiments carried out on separate days (mean ± SD).
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3. Figure 2 Crystal Structure of MDGA1 Ig1-Ig2
(A) Ribbon diagram of MDGA1 Ig1-Ig2. For Ig2, the lettered naming convention is β9/A, β10/B, β11/C, β12/D, β13/E, β14/F, and β15/G.
(B) Secondary structure assignment as calculated by DSSP.
(C) Close-up of the interface between MDGA1 Ig1 and Ig2. Select side chains are shown in ball-and-stick representation (nitrogen, blue; oxygen, red; carbon, gray; disulfide bonded residues, green).
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4. Figure 3 MDGA1 Ig1-Ig2:NLGN2 Complex
(A) Ribbon diagram of the complex as viewed from the post-synaptic membrane.
(B) Ribbon diagram of the complex viewed sideways as it fits in the synaptic cleft. Disulfide bonds are shown in green.
(C and D) Interface between MDGA1 Ig2 (C) and Ig1 (D) with NLGN2. A cyan arrow pointing to loop α6-α7 in (D) indicates where NLGN1 site B would insert.
(E) Residues targeted for site-directed mutagenesis in MDGA1 (magenta) and in NLGN2 (yellow).
(F) Binding of NLGN2 mutants to TMR-MDGA1 Ig1-Ig2 and TMR-n1α L5L6 in an FP-based assay. “‒” indicates no significant binding.
(G) Binding of TMR-MDGA1 Ig1-Ig2 mutants to NLGN2 in an FP-based assay.
In (F) and (G), the KD values were averaged over two independent experiments carried out on separate days (mean ± SD).
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5. Figure 4 Mechanism of NLGN2 Regulation by MDGA1
(A) NLGN2:MDGA1 Ig1-Ig2 complex superimposed with the NLGN1:neurexin 1β complex (PDB: 3B3Q; neurexin in blue; NLGN1 not shown for the sake of clarity). Note: the amino acid sequences of the LNS domains in neurexin 1β and neurexin 1α L6 are identical.
(B) The neurexin-neuroligin trans-synaptic bridge promotes synapse development and stabilization at inhibitory synapses (left). MDGA1 binds to NLGN2, obstructing the latter’s binding site for neurexin sterically, by interacting with a partially overlapping binding site; this hinders the formation of the NLGN2:neurexin trans-synaptic bridge (right).
(C) Top: sequence conservation of the MDGA1 interaction site mapped onto the surface of the NLGN2 dimer between NLGN1, NLGN2, and NLGN3 (human, bovine, rat, and mouse). Equivalent residues in NLGN1/NLGN3 are shown in parentheses. The NLGN1 site B insert is indicated with a blue arrow; the colored patch on the left corresponds with the Ig1 binding site; the colored patch on the right with the Ig2 binding site. Bottom: sequence conservation of the NLGN2 interaction site mapped onto the surface of MDGA1 between MDGA1 and MDGA2 (human, bovine, rat, and mouse). Equivalent residues in MDGA2 are shown in parentheses. Conserved, green; semi-conserved, yellow; non-conserved, magenta.
(D) Binding of TMR-MDGA1 Ig1-Ig2 to NLGN2, NLGN1(+B), or NLGN1 (no insert) monitored in an FP-binding assay. Data points are in triplicate, and error bars indicate the SD.
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